Celebrate Christmas as part of heritage, culture

12:16 AM,
Dec. 13, 2013

Written by

Dr. Harold Pease

What are my constitutional rights in school with respect to Christmas? It might surprise some people to learn the Constitution does not allow the government to prevent you from doing most things that you do at home in public - even at school. The Constitutionally ill-informed like to refer to the "separation of church and state" as the rational for a prohibition of religious or seasonal expression in public places. No such language exists in the Constitution. To prevent you from doing these things would be as unconstitutional as mandating that you do.